TWELFTH ANNUAL GERMAN-AMERICAN FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
Co-chairs:
Tresa Pollock, University of Michigan
Kai Sundmacher, Max-Planck-Institute
Complex Systems Design and Controls
Organizers: Silvia Ferrari, Duke University, and Sebastian Sager, University of Heidelberg
Aerospace Control Systems, Autonomous Vehicles, Mobile Robotics
Emilio Frazzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discrete Optimization - Past and Present
Armin Fügenschuh, Technical University, Darmstadt
Learning and Adaptive Systems, Neural Networks, Brain-Machine Interface
Jennie Si, Arizona State University
Complex Systems in the Chemical Process Industry
Jan Oldenburg, BASF, Ludwigshafen
Renewable Energy
Organizers: Ulrike Krewer, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, and Sean Shaheen, University of Denver
Microbial Fuel Cells
Uwe Schröder, University of Greifswald, Institute of Biochemistry
High Temperature Processes for Solar Conversion of Mass
Martin Roeb, German Aerospace Center, Institute of Technical Thermodynamics
Materials Development and Device Engineering for Organic Photovoltaics
Darin Laird, Plextronics (invited)
Microbial Production of Advanced Biofuels
Peter Meinhold, Gevo
Biosystems Engineering
Organizers: Melissa Knothe Tate, Case Western Reserve University, and An-Ping Zeng, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg
Towards Superior Cell Factories - Analysis and Engineering of Metabolic Pathway Fluxes in Bacteria
Christoph Wittmann, Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute of Biochemical Engineering
Design Principles and Technological Applications of Receptor-Mediated Adhesion
Wendy Thomas, University of Washington
Design Principles of Biological Motility at Multiple Length Scales
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, Harvard University
Industrial Systems Biology for Amino Acid Production
Ralf Takors, Evonik Degussa GmbH, Künsebeck, Germany
Materials for Extreme Environments
Organizers: Eric Ott, GE Aviation, and Anke Rita Pyzalla, Max Planck Institute
Metallics/Coatings for Advanced Turbine Systems
Andrew Rosenberger, Air Force Research Laboratory
Ceramic and Metallic Materials for Rocket and Energy Systems
Bryan McEnerney, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.
Polymers for Biomedical Application
Andreas Lendlein, GKSS
Topic TBA
Andre Schneider, Bentele Stahl/Rohr GmbH, Paderborn